No, feel how natural that wrist hinge is when doing PMD?? Same for grass whipping, axe swinging, baseball swinging, fishing, sword slashing, you name it!! The flat wrist at the top is FAKE CONTROL.
The key after the full load os the full release in the direction you want to start the ball so “lead hand release” and “trail hand release” and next week we use PMD to dial that in so get versed nicely on it this week! 😉😎

That is what staying with the shot means; anchor the brain to a solid task and stay with it till the task is done. Great on you for seeing it through! 💪😀👍

I have been wondering this too. When I squat my chest is facing the ball. Thoughts?

What is the last thing to go through your mind just before you swing?

Hey Doug – thank you SO MUCH for this post! It’s the missing link that ties together the perpetual motion, kettlebell, weighted ax, elephant walk, etc. drills. I’ve practiced them all and achieved great consistency, but low club-head speeds and 230 yard drives involving high effort. Your visualization really helped me start the kinetic chain correctly. To be honest, it’s a bit uncomfortable to keep my shoulders pointed away from the target while I’m squatting, but it works – I’m hitting my drives 280 yards with ZERO effort, with a MASSIVE whip of the club, powered only by gravity. Yay! Thanks for this forum, Shawn!

Glad that helped. Has always been a key for me though I’m sure people may not think of it in the same way.

Thanks for the observation, DougD and dogfishbird. I’ve been stuck at the 230 yard drive with lots of effort and strain and wear and tear on my body for way too many years.

The walk and cut grass drill, sending divots in the direction of the intended ball flight (Kinetic Chain Facilitation #6) has given me a number of feels for the swing that are novel to me, including the one you note: a squat with back to the target.

I’ll find out soon if I can successfully start to translate these new feels into 280 yard drives :-).

Hi Doug, great comment and totally agree with you. How do you manage to get frame by frame? I have also attempted this but without success. We still can’t play or practise at the club, maybe changing soon here in the U.K. Have a great season and stay safe. Barry

Hi Barry. Well I can’t do frame by frame either but I get the same effect if, during the slow motion Video, I click play and stop very quickly. I just keep doing that in looking at Shawn’s motion. Ha. It’s good enough to see what’s going on there. Doug

Cheers, that’s what I also do.

Start with the “feet together drill” to feel the swivel of the butt towards the target; then start stepping into “the walking drill”. Both videos are right here in detail on premium.

Thanks Sean, I use both those great drills. I asked the question because this is how my brain works when I’m trying to learn something new, I learn faster when I can analyse the video in real frame by frame. I realise that your frame by frame is unique to you. You recently said that you wish you had Sav’s swing. Yes it looks different but of course it’s not about the look, we are all physiologically different. Take care. Barry

Hey Doug! Thank you for taking the time to write down your experience and feedback; it will no doubt help clear things up with many! Having different ways to drive home the content is very important and I really appreciate you chiming in! 👍😀🤛💪

When you are playing, tops 1 foot in front of the ball; on par 3s, I often place the tee right at the back of a divot and simply use that divot to confirm my prediction on contact and direction. For the driver, I set up behind a divot and will place the divot to the right or left depending on fade or draw choice. No more than a foot in front of the ball.

In a dynamic sense yes.
The walking drill video on premium has the proper ingredients as to the timing of the weight shift into the backswing and then into the target. See “off season training series” on premium. Videos 7 to 9 have some really good combos of walking the action to target through the ball.

Thank you. You know, every time that I watch a video, I find at least one nugget. A nugget is not a “tip”. “Tips” – I can say almost universally – contain some piece of information about body position to hit the ball. Your nuggets refer to eliminating an incorrect thought pattern to allow the boy to be a ball on a string. Very refreshing, and dare I say, enjoyable. Way to go!!!!

boy=body. Sorry

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Alright, good info here Joe!
What is the angle of attack on your driver? Spin rate?

There it is! You want to have a 5 to 8 degree angle of attack upwards; crank the loft down to 8.5 degrees. Also sounds like the face was open a couple degrees and causing too much spin So you will want to close the face a good 10 degrees too. This will increase launch angle a couple degrees but lower spin to 2000 rpm and you will add another 20 yards easy.

Thank you for saying that, very nice of you and appreciate the sentiment and feedback!
See “kinetic chain series” 1-7
When you let the arms fall, and the goal is for them to fall THROUGH THE STEM AND TOWARDS THE DIRECTION you want to start the ball, the brain has to initiate the kinetic chain by shifting weight to the lead foot-leg and load it; then begins the process of clearing (none of your conscious minds bees wax) and that is what pulls the arms and club through. This is why we call it the kinetic chain!
And oh, by the way, we do have a “tip Jar” on our main site at www.wisdomingolf.com on the contact page! 👍😎😀

I have watched those videos ( I’ve watched them all 😊)… so I literally just let my arms ‘fall’ under their own weight toward the target?

Tip jar will be used from now on!!!!

Correct; see “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with Savy” video too

You bet! I love the diagonal stance and can perform with all clubs no problem! Combine this with the “unstoppable momentum” series and whoa, watch out!!

Yes, exactly! Have a look at the first video of the “consistency series” on our premium channel, it will confirm what you are understanding in another cool way! Shawn

I certainly will, thanks.

Best video to acquire this move is in the “lead hand release” video; gathering the backswing in the manner I show you in this video is one of the most efficient drills-analogies-tasks ever in our history of teaching!

In an ideal world, yes, but the woods are very different from irons in so many ways that affect the outcome!
1-Woods faces are round not flat like irons
2-COG on woods not in the same place
3-BIG draw bias on some manufacturers woods
4-graphite kick point and torque different from iron steel shafts

ALWAYS DO THIS:
Release the action in the direction you want to start the ball and confirm that the release was well hrough the ball and out into the picture
Observe ball flight
Adjust grip or club face or a bit of both until you get the desired flavour in the flight!

Shawn

Yesss!! So glad that the light bulb went on!! Now we have the way forward!!

Yes!! You want to be able to perform that in both directions! When you let it fall in both directions, do not “make sure” to hit any spots on the ground; just let the arms and club fall into the finish and into the backswing and just observe where it hits.
A great back up to understand this further is the “battering ram” and the “lead hand release” and “trail hand release” and “release fine tuning” videos on premium. That sword drill in those videos will get you the feel in both directions!

Hi Noel! Welcome to Premium!
This is where I pour my soul into it; (not that I wasn’t on youtube but algorithms in there are not conducive to our vocabulary! 😝)
I look forward to your questions and comments!
Shawn